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leaders are open, the culture is collaborative. A lot of high performers within the organization. Almost everyone shows up and works to the best of their ability. A lot of code is open source.

But the consumption business model is flawed. Charging purely based on usage makes sense for providers of universal commodities such as energy (e.g. utility companies) or computation (e.g. cloud providers). But not for software companies. 

No business model is perfect. But this model means the growth of the company is not healthy. There was a lot of pressure to get customers to consume. But if you consume too much of the wrong things you get sick.

The product and engineering teams faced dilemmas about optimizing the codebase, because each optimization reduces consumption (temporarily at least). 

All this caused conflict of interest with the customer. And lack of alignment with the customer creates friction that slows product development and sales cycles.


Databricks gave me the opportunity to be part of the Revenue Operations team, where I expanded my skills in Billing and AR management. This experience prepared me to successfully lead order-to-cash functions in smaller and start-up companies. Special thanks to the Director of Revenue who hired me and believed in my potential,  their leadership and support made a big difference in my career growth.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great technology! The company is a leader in its field.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I think the company has gone too far on diversity and it is hard to be an older man in the organization.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fast paced and demanding, often too excess.  If you are in a function that touches sales then I think you give up quality of life.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It's a burn and turn environment. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Politics and ethical treatment 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Mentally dangerous as there is a subtle positioning and ingenuity with management and co workers.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Depends on the role you have in the company

There's favoritism. Lack of diversity. The companies executives promote talking and posting negative stuff about the competition, including suggestions to go on online forums and defame competitors. 

Executives often share conflicting information. It is apparent that they're not on the same page about the future of the company. 







I was on the sales team. Communication between sales and product could be better -- Databricks is a very complex product which can make it difficult to sell effectively. There was a fair amount of office politics. The founders of the company are brilliant, very inspiring, and are still at the helm. Growth has been consistently strong.

The leadership here is only interested in their own success and doesn't support the field.  They show favoritism towards performing reps and hostility towards underperforming reps.  The company under pays and sells candidates on potential IPO value.  There is no trust or loyalty.  If you are talented, don't waste time at Databricks!

Welcome to the Rocketship is a familiar refrain as is we are going to be a Trillion dollar company.   There is an absolute lack of transparency and majority of employees are IPO obsessed at the expense of customers, processes and employees.  Culture is toxic - don't believe the hype.

The technology moves super fast, but the people are amazing and brilliant. You're working with the best of the best. Quotas are reasonable IMHO and they give you lots of support. Highly recommend the company! 

Great place to work. Fast paced as is any start-up. 
Pros: Flexible WFH policy, abundant snacks, events, and amenities
Cons: WLB can be tough, fires that pop up weekly that need resolving.

Overall - a good place to be 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Software engineer 19 salaries reported	$165,950 per year
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Senior software engineer 4 salaries reported	$160,750 per year
Account executive 5 salaries reported	$121,000 per year

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